. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . Fig. 17.—Head of P. Fig. 18.—Foot of P. pi/rrhocorax. Nidification. The Eed-billed Chough breeds freely in Tibet,Ladakh and jNortliern Kashmir, breeding generally in cliffs, but, inTibet, frequently in the Tibetan houses and buildings whetheroccupied or not. They are early breeders, laying in the end ofMarch and April and often having a second brood. The eggs arelike those of the English bird, but much duller and more brownishin tint and they average much bigger, 4i*7 X 284 mm. against40-7x279 mm. Whymper took its eggs at
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . Fig. 17.—Head of P. Fig. 18.—Foot of P. pi/rrhocorax. Nidification. The Eed-billed Chough breeds freely in Tibet,Ladakh and jNortliern Kashmir, breeding generally in cliffs, but, inTibet, frequently in the Tibetan houses and buildings whetheroccupied or not. They are early breeders, laying in the end ofMarch and April and often having a second brood. The eggs arelike those of the English bird, but much duller and more brownishin tint and they average much bigger, 4i*7 X 284 mm. against40-7x279 mm. Whymper took its eggs at the end of April inGarhwal at; 9,000 and 12,400 feet. The nests were of sticks\vith wool lining, placed in clefts of rocks. 70 CORTID^. Habits. The Eed-billed Chough is found in summer up tolu,OUU feet and over, descending in winter to 5,000 feet oreven lower. It is a gregarious sociable bird feeding together onthe ground much like Eooks. They are noisy birds and haunthuman habitations and camps as well as wilder tracts. (49) Pyrrhocorax Tellow-billei) Chough. Corvus f/ra
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